This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

-collectivism. The model predicts that more individualism leads to more innovation because of the social rewards associated with … innovation in an individualist culture. This cultural effect may offset the negative effects of bad institutions on growth … individualism on growth through innovation. Using genetic data as instruments for culture we provide strong evidence of a causal …

This chapter brings new evidence on innovation in Africa and its relationship with short-term labour mobility. Using … may run counter to common perceptions of Africa as a region where innovation is lacklustre. The most innovative African … countries are mainly located in East Africa, highlighting the dynamism of this area. Innovation there is typically about process …

and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer.Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades …, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth … technological innovation to raise labor productivity. This paper identifies three reasons why technological innovation has become …

structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …